Who do you think is the wealthiest person, performer or not, in porn?
Sure, Tera's rich. But is she as rich as the person who signs her checks? What about the owners of these companies? What about distributors? Who do you guess?
For many years it was assumed to be Mark Carriere, the owner of Leisure Time Video (aka Leisure Slime), who got rich by selling crappy compilations to the gullible public.
Flynt has such significant publishing assets in addition to interests in clubs, stores, and VCA/Hustler Video that he would probably be wealthier. Not to mention having all those incriminating videos and pictures of politicians.
My sense of the business is that the names of the people who really have the money and pull the strings are not readily made public. It's not the guy who signs Tera's check, it's the guy who signs his check. And his name probably ends with a vowel.
Yes, Bob is bankrupt. But he's still pimpin'. I'd rather be a bankrupt millionaire still living on Park Avenue than an assistant manager at the local diner.
Isn't it obvious. The CEOs of Time Warner, Viacom, Disney, EchoStar Communications, and Comcast. They're the ones that buy the content to put on their cable and dish network systems.
According to a British newspaper Paul Raymond is worth GBP 650 million (which makes him a billionaire in dollars) and he just paid himself GBP 15 million dividend from his companies.
Jacco
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MikeSouth Deactivated User
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Posted - Aug 28 2006 : 9:57PM
Berth Milton could buy Larry flynt with his pocket change
Paul Raymond would likely be second with Beate Uhse certainly in the top ten with flynt, ron levi, fishbein, hirsch and and a few others
Katie Price obviously does not know what a billion is.
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Eric381 Deactivated User
What are you looking at? It 2452 Posts 3/05
Posted - Oct 9 2006 : 9:54PM
It's Duke Skywalker, who else could afford to live in NJ?Owning 10 strip clubs doesn't make you richer than owning 1 strip club either.No, but she sure has a nice rack!Edited by - Eric381 on 10/9/2006 10:05:15 PM
Park Avenue? Man, c'mon!! read a friggin newspaper once in a while. Guccione was an idiot. Penthouse was losing money. Instead of letting it die, Guccione poured his last millions into a bankrupt company. He lost his park avenue mansion. He moved to florida somwhere, hauling with him some valuable paintings, and some other shit he still owns. The man had cancer. He is still alive. He cant EAT!! He doesnt EAT!! He has to put a feeding tube into his stomach, and his girlfriend pours the liquid stuff into the feeding tube for him.
as far as performers i heard or read somewhere Jenna Jameson is a multi-millionaire
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Clam Digger Deactivated User
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Posted - Oct 10 2006 : 5:34PM
Living is New Jersey (which has the highest per capita income in the country) does not automatically make you rich..Hey I should know...I live there.(:=\)